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The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline
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'The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jesse Nishihata and released in 1977."Inquiry film sets a precedent". 'The Globe and Mail', May 7, 1977. The film explored the First Nations perspective on Thomas R. Berger's Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry of the mid-1970s.
CBC Television aired the film in its entirety the day before the release of Berger's report, one of the first times that it ever broadcast a documentary film which it had not exercised direct editorial control during the filmmaking process.
The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Length Documentary in 1977.[http://www.northernstars.ca/awards-archive/ "Canadian Film Awards 1949-1979"]. 'Northern Stars'.
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